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AN ACCOUNT OF THE 



AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. 



LOCATED AT WORCESTER, MASS. 



The Society was founded in the year 1812, the first steps 
being taken for its formal establishment bj^ Isaiah Thomas, 
LL.D., Hon. Nathaniel Paine, Dr. William Paine, Hon. 
Levi Lincoln, Rev. Aaron Bancroft, D.D., and Hon, 
Edward Bangs, all of Worcester, Massachusetts. These 
gentlemen, on the supposition that the U. S. Congress had 
not power to grant charters for such purposes, presented 
a petition to the State Legislature for an act of incor- 
poration under the name of the " American Antiquarian 
Society, with the privilege of holding real estate in 
perpetuity of the annual value of fifteen hundred dollars, 
and with such other privileges and immunities as are usually 
granted by acts of incorporation to other public societies 
established under the laws of the Coimnon wealth." 

The subscribers to the petition " influenced by a desire 
to contribute to the advancement of the Arts and Sciences, 
and to aid, by their individual and united efforts, in collect- 
ing and preserving such materials as may be useful in 
marking their progress, not only in the United States, but 
in otlier parts of the globe, and wishing also to assist the 
researches of the future historians of our country, respect- 
fully represent to the legislature that, in their opinion, 
the establishment of an Antiquarian Society, within this 
Commonwealth, would conduce essentially to the attainment 
of these objects." ****** They ask "for no 




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other aid from the Commonwealth than the facilities which, 
in the pursuit of their objects, may accrue from an act 
of incorporation. As an inducement to the granting of 
these privileges, they beg leave to state that one of their 
number* is " in possession of a valuable collection of 
books, obtained with great labor and expense, the value 
of which may be fairly estimated at about live thousand 
dollars, some of them more ancient than are to be 
found in any other part of our country, and all of which 
he intends to transfer to the proposed society, should their 
project receive the sanction and encouragement of the 
Legislature." 

The prayer of the petitioners was granted, and the Act 
of Incorporation was approved by Governor Caleb Strong, 
October 24, 1812. 

The preamble to the Act of Incorporation was as follows : 

" Wherecis, The collection and preservation of the antiquities 
of our country, and of curious and valuable productions in Art 
and Nature, have a tendency to enlarge tbs sphere of human 
knowledge, aid the progress of science, to perpetuate the history 
of moral and political events, and to improve and interest 
posterity. Therefore be it enacted, &c." 

The persons named in the Act were gentlemen eminent 
for their learning and ability, who stood high in the confi- 
dence of the public, viz : Isaiah Thomas, Levi Lincoln, 
Harrison G. Otis, Timothy Bigelow, Nathaniel Paine, 
Edward Bangs, John T. Kirkland, Aaron Bancroft, Jonathan 
H. Lyman, Elijah H. Mills, Elisha Hammond, Timothy 
Williams, William D. Peck, John Lowell, Edmund Dwight, 
Eleazer James, Josiali Quincy, William S. Shaw, Francis 
Blake, Levi Lincoln, Jr., Samuel M. Burnside, Benjamin 
Russell, Thaddeus M. Harris, Redford Webster, Thomas 
Wallcut, Ebenezer T. Andrews, Isaiah Thomas, Jr., William 
Wells. 

The first meeting of the corporators, called by an adver- 

• Isoiab Thomas. 



tisemeiit in the Massachusetts Spy (the editor and pubh'sher 
of which was Isaiah Thomas), addressed to the " American 
Society of Antiquaries," was held at the Exchange Coifee 
House in Boston, November 19th, 1812, ten gentlemen being 
present. At this meeting, an organization was made by the 
choice of Isaiah Thomas as President ; William D. Peck, 
Vice-President ; Thaddeus M. Harris, Corresponding Secre- 
tary ; and Samuel M. Burnside, Recording Secretary. 

Another meeting was held in February, 1813, at which 
By-laws were adopted, and Dr. William Paine was chosen 
second Vice-President, Levi Lincoln, Jr., Treasurer ; and 
Timothy Bigelow, of Medford, Rev. Aaron Bancroft and 
Edward Bangs, of Worcester, Col. George Gibbs, of 
Boston, Rev. William Bentley, of Salem, Dr. Redford 
Webster and Benjamin Russell, of Boston, were chosen 
Councillors. 

At this meeting, the President, in accordance with a pre- 
vious intimation, presented to the society his private library, 
valued at about five thousand dollars ; at that time considered 
a large sum. The thanks of the society were unanimously 
voted to him, and he was requested to retain it in his pos- 
session, and care for it, till a suitable place could be prepared 
for its reception. 

Under the care of the President, the library and cabinet 
received many additions during the next four years, both 
from his continued generosity and the increased interest 
manifested by other members, making it necessary to prepare 
a permanent place of deposit. Among tlie valuable manu- 
scripts presented to the society in these early years, may be 
mentioned a copy of the records of Boston from 1634 to 
1660, by Mr. Thomas, the letter book of Cotton Mather 
and tlie Journal of Rev. Increase Mather, President of 
Harvard College in 1685, by Mrs. Hannah Crocker, of 
Boston. About 900 volumes from the library formerly 
belouijing to Drs. Increase and Cotton Mather were also 
added to the society's collections. 

In 1817 active measures were taken to procure funds to 
defray the expense of erecting a building for the library and 



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cabinet, by appointing committees to solicit subscriptions. 
Some difficulty was experienced in the attempt to raise the 
necessary money to carry out the plans for building and it 
was not till early in 1819 that the society were relieved from 
their anxiety in the matter. At that time, Mr. Thomas, 
the founder and president of the society, offered to build, at 
his own expense, a suitable edifice for the reception of its 
valuable collections. This offer was, of course, gratefully 
accepted ; and in August of that year a committee was ap- 
pointed at the request of Mr. Thomas, to superintend its 
erection. 

The building so erected, situated on Summer street, in 
Worcester, was of brick, thoroughly built, and, at the time, 
considered well adapted to the purposes for which it was 
intended. An address at the dedication was made by Isaac 
Goodwin, August 24, 1820, and was published by the society. 
This address has long been out of print, and but few persons 
are fortunate enough to possess it. 

In February, 1819, a committee appointed to prepare an 
address to the members, setting forth the society's objects 
and condition, declare the institution to be, in all its concerns, 
national, although it derives its charter and its national 
appellation from the Legislature of Massachusetts. 

"This local authority was resorted to from doubts having been 
expi'essed whether Congress had the power to grant a charter 
without the District of Cohimbia. Its members are selected from 
all parts of the Union. Its lespectability is inferred from its 
numbers, and from its comprising men of the first standing and 
intelligence in the nation, and some of the first distinction in other 
countries. The objects of this institution are commensurate with 
the lapse of time, and its benefits will be more and more accumulat- 
ing in the progression of ages. As the antiquities of our country, 
by various means, are rapidly decreasing, an institution whose 
business will be to collect and preserve such as remain, and can 
be obtained, must be viewed as highly important. 

The chief objects of the inquiries and researches of this 
society, which cannot too soon arrest its attention, will be 
American Antiquities, natural, artificial and literary." 



In October, 1819, a committee, in reporting upon the 
general progress and state of the society, say that they found 
it much more promising than they coukl have anticipated, 
many vahiable additions have been made to the library and 
cabinet, the former containing nearly six thousand volumes, 
embracing many rare and valuable works, some of which, 
it was believed, could not be found elsewhere in the 
country. 

In the earlier days of the society, it was the custom, 
besides having Councillors from the several States of the 
Union, to appoint gentlemen of learning and prominence in 
each State to act as agents or receivers in collecting articles 
for the library and cabinet. Among those acting in this 
capacity in 1819 may be mentioned the names of Governor 
Plumer, of New Hampshire; Prof. Sillimau, of Connecticut; 
Stephen Yan Rensselaer and Dr. J. W. Francis, of New 
York; Timothy Alden and Matthew Carey, of Pennsylvania; 
William Gaston, of North Carolina ; Langdon Cheeves, of 
South Carolina, and other gentlemen of standing and in- 
fluence. As might be expected, the result of this extended 
system of collecting was, that contributions of books, pam- 
phlets, and relics of various kinds, were forwarded to the 
Society from all parts of the country. Many Indian relics, 
utensils and weapons, thus found tlieir way into the cabinet, 
which are now of the greatest interest to the student in 
archaeology. 

Regular meetings of the society are held twice a year, 
the annual meeting for the choice of oflicers being held in 
the month of October, at their hall, in Worcester, and the 
semi-annual meeting in Boston, at the rooms of the Ameri- 
can Academy of Arts and Sciences, in the month of April. 

Previous to the j^ear 1848, the meetings of tlie society in 
Boston were held at some one of the hotels, su(*h as the 
Exchange Coffee House and the Tremont House ; since 
tiien, by the kind favor of the Academy, they have been 
held in their rooms. At these meetings, besides the regular 
reports of the Council and Librarian, which usually treat 
upon some special topic of antiquarian study and research 




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in addition to the report upon the affairs of the society, 
papers from members, and discussions of subjects of interest 
are always in order. 

In 1853, a new hall was completed for the accommodation 
of the rapidly increasing library ; the old building, besides 
being too small, was found to be too damp for the proper 
preservation of the collections. 

The present hall is favorably situated in a locality free 
from dampness, and is believed to be substantially safe from 
fire, besides being much better adapted than the first to the 
purposes of the society. Owing, however, to the rapid 
increase of the library, particularly of the department 
devoted to newspapers, it is already found insuflicient in 
size, and more space is required. The Hon. Stephen 
Salisbury, now the President, has, in a measure, an- 
ticipated this need and presented, besides a lot of land in 
the rear of the present building, a sum, now amounting to 
$12,600, for its future enlargement. 

By the provisions of the By-laws adopted in October, 
1831, the number of American membera can at no time 
exceed one hundred and forty ; there being no limit to the 
election of foreign members. 

By the original By-laws, there was an annual fee required 
of members, and for several years this was the principal 
source of income. Before long, however, it was found 
to be a matter requiring a great deal of time and 
no little cost to collect the small amounts due from 
members scattered over the country ; and the expenses 
of the institution increasing with the rapid growth of its 
library, it was decided to adopt some other plan which 
might be more surely relied upon. 

Dr. Thomas, while president, had defrayed a large portion 
of the society's expenditures, and began the foundation of 
permenant means for its future support. At his death, in 
1831, he bequeathed to the society the balance of his books, 
engravings, coins, &c., as well as money to constitute the 
Librarian's and the Collection and Research Funds. 

These funds have gradually increased, and others have 



been founded for the support of various departments of the 
society's work, one of the most important of which, that 
for the publication of the Society's Proceedings and Trans- 
actions, was formed by the contributions of members, and 
now amounts to $8,800. 

The aggregate of the several funds is over $80,000 ; 
divided as follows : — 

The Librarian's and General Fund, $31,577.27. The Collection 
and Research Fund, $15,804.52. The Publishing Fund, $8,853. 

The Bookbinding Fund, founded by Hon. Stephen Salisbury, in 
December, 1855, by a gift of $5,000, now $9,000. 

The Salisbury Building Fund, established by the President, for 
the purpose of providing means to make an extension of the 
library building, by the gift of $8,000, with its accumulations, 
$12,600. 

The Isaac Davis Book Fund, of $1,000, established in 1868, by 
Hon. Isaac X)avis, of Worcester, " the income to be applied from 
time to time to purchase books, maps and charts, and works of 
art relating to that portion of North America lying south of the 
United States." 

The Lincoln Legacy Fund, founded in 1888, by a bequest from 
Levi Lincoln, of Worcester, of $1,000, the income to be used 
as a premium for the writing of papers ou Archajological subjects, 
amounting now to $1,300. 

The library of the society now numbers over sixty thou- 
sand volumes, representing most departments of literature, 
and is especially rich in early American publications. In- 
cluded in the number of volumes are over four thousand of 
newspapers, from the Boston News Letter, the first number 
of which was issued April 24, 1704, to those of the present 
time. This department of the library is very full, and 
includes many volumes of papers published in the last 
century. It is being constantly increased, and bids fair 
to contain, if it does not already, the largest collection of 
newspapers in the countr3% 

The collection of manuscripts is large and of great value 
and interest, including some of a very early date. Although 
they have not been catalogued, most of them are so ar- 



ranged that they can be consulted with comparatively little 
trouble. Among the more valuable specimens in this de- 
partment are the Mather manuscripts, written by various 
members of that family, so prominent in the early history 
of Massachusetts. It is not practicable, in the brief limits of 
this paper, to describe with particularity any special depart- 
ment. Suffice it to say the society have reason to regard 
the manuscripts in their possession as not by any means the 
least valuable of their collections. 

The cabinet of Indian and archaeological specimens, 
includes many of interest to the antiquary. The specimens 
of Indian weapons and implements are carefully arranged in 
cases, and can readily be examined. 

The society's hail also contains portraits in oil, busts and 
statues, the most important of which are given in the fol- 
lowing list. 

Portraits. 

Isaiah Thomas, LL.D., founder aud first president of the American 
Antiquarian Society, autlior of "The History of Printing," &c. Born 
Jan. 19, 1749, 0. S. ; died April 4, 1831. Painted from life by Osgood. 

Thomas Lixdall Winthrop, LL.D., second president of the Anti- 
quarian Society, and Lieut. Governor of Massachusetts, 1826-32. Born 
in New London, Conn., March 6, 1760; died Feb. 22, 1841. Painted by 
Osgood. 

John Davis, LL.D., fourth president of the Antiquarian Society, 
and Governor of Massachusetts, 1833-35, and 1840-41. Born in North- 
boro', Mass., Jan. 13, 1787; died April 19, 1854. Painted by E. T. Bil- 
lings, from a daguerreotype. 

Rev. Increase Mather, D.D., president of Harvard College 1685- 
1701. Born in Dorchester, Mass., June 21, 1639; died Aug. 23, 1723. 
Painted from life. This and the four following were presented to the 
Society by Mrs. Hannah Mather Crocker, of Boston. 

Rev. Cotton Mather, D.D., minister in Boston, 1684. Born Feb. 12, 
1663; died Feb. 13, 1728. Painted by Pelham. 

Rev. Richard Mather, minister in Dorchester, Mass., 1636-69. 
Born in England, 1596; died in Dorchester, April 22, 1669. Painted 
from life. 

Rev. Samuel Mather, D.D., son of Cotton Mather. Born Oct. 30, 
1706; died June 27, 1785. Painted from life. 

Rev. Samuel Mather, son of Richard Mather. Born in England, 
May 13, 1626; died in Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 29, 1671. 



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John Exdecott, Goveruor of Massachusetts Bay. Born iu Dor- 
chester, England, 1588; died March 15, 1665. Painted from an 
original, by Southland, of Salem, Mass. Presented to the Society by 
Judge William Endicott, of Salem. A historical notice of Gov. Endecott 
was communicated to the Society, at the next meeting (October, 1874), 
by President Salisbury. 

John Wintiirop, Goveruor of Massachusetts, for thirteen years, be- 
tween 1629 and 1648. 'Born in Groton, co. Suflblk, England, Jan. 12, 
1588; died March 26, 1649. Said to liave been painted from life. 

Rev. William Bextley, D.D., minister in Salom, 1783. Councillor 
of the Society from 1812 to 1819. Born in Boston, June 22, 1759; died 
in Salem, Dec. 29, 1819. Copied from a portrait in Salem and presented 
by friends in that city. 

Rev. Aaron Bancroft, D.D., minister in Worcester, Mass., 1786- 
1839. Vice-president of the Society, 1816-31. Born in Reading, Mass., 
Nov. 10, 175.5; died in Worcester, Aug. 10, 1839. Painted by Chester 
Harding. 

Christopher Columbus Baldwin, Librarian of the Society, 1827- 
35. Born Aug. 1, 1800; died Aug. 20, 1835. Painted by Harding. 

Edward D. Bangs, Secretary of State, Mass., 1825-36. Born in Wor- 
cester, Mass., Aug. 22, 1790; died in Worcester, April 3, 1838. 

William Burnett, Colonial Goveruor of New York and New Jersey, 
1720; of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 1728. Born 1688; died 
iu Boston, Sept. 7, 1729. 

Rev. Thomas Prince, minister of Old South Church, Boston, 1718-58. 
Born in Sandwich, Mass., May 15, 1687; died in Boston, Oct. 22, 1758. 

Rev. Ellis Gray, minister of the New Brick Church in Boston. 
Born 1717 ; died 1753. 

Charles Paxton, loyalist. Commissioner of the Customs at Boston. 
Born 1704; died in England, 1788. Supposed to have been painted by 
Copley. 

John Chandler, "the honest refugee," Sherifl", Judge of Probate 
and Treasurer for the County of Worcester. • Born iu New London, 
Conn., 1720; died in London, Eng., 1800. 

John May, of Boston, iu his uniform as Colonel of the "Boston 
Regiment of Militia." Born in Pomfret, Conn., Nov. 24, 1748; died in 
Boston, July 13, 1812. Painted by G. Gullag, A. D. 1789. Presented by 
Mary D. and C. Augusta May. 

Hannah Adams, author of History of New England, &c. Born in 
Medfleld, Mass., 1755; died in Brookline, Mass., Nov. 15, 1831. Painted 
by Alexander. Presented by Henry W. Miller. 

Edward Rawson, Secretary of Mass. Colony, 1650-86. Born in 
Gillingham, Dorset, Eng., April 16, 1615; died iu Boston, Aug. 27, 
1693. 

Rebecca Rawson, daughter of Secretary Rawson. Born in Boston, 
May, 1656; died at Port Royal, Jamaica, June 9, 1692. 



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John Lkvekett, Governor of Massachusetts, 1G73-78. Born 1017; 
died March 10, 1G79. 

Columbus. A copy from an original by Francesco Mazznoli fPar- 
migianino), in the Royal Musenm at Naples. Painted by Antonio Scar- 
dino. Presented bv Hon. Ira M. Barton. 

Vespucius. From an original by Parmigiauino, at Naples — Scardino. 
Presented by Hon. Ira M. Barton. 

John Davis, Governor of Massachusetts. Crayon portrait, life size. 

James Sullivax, Governor of Massachusetts. Portrait in wax. 



Statues mid Busts. 

Statue of CmusT, in plaster, from the original Ijy Michael Angelo 
iu the Churcli of Sta. Maria Sopra Minerva at Rome. Presented to the 
Society by the Hon. Steplien Salisbury. 

Statue of Moses, from Michael Angelo's colossal statue in the Church 
of S. Pietro iu Viucolis at Rome. Presented by the Hon. Stephen 
Salisbury. The remarlvs of the donor in presenting the statues have 
been published in the Proceedings of the Society, 1859 and 18G1. 

Isaiah Thomas, LL.D. Bust in marble, by B. H. Kinney. 

Jauicd Sparks, LL.D. A tine bust in plaster, by Hiram Powers. Pre- 
sented by Mrs. SparlvS. 

Gov. John Davis, of Massachusetts. Bust in plaster. By Henry 
Dexter. 

Hon. Charles Allen, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Massa- 
chusetts. Bust in plaster, by B. H. Kinney. Presented by the family of 
Judge Allen. 

GicoiiGE Washington. Bust in marble. Presented by Mrs. Ira M. 
Barton. 

Benjamin Franklin. Bust in marble. Presented by Mrs. Ira M. 
Barton. 

John Adams, second President of the United States. Bust in plas- 
ter. 

Alexander Hamilton. Bust in plaster, from the original by Jos. 
Ceracchi. 

Andrew Jackson. Bust in plaster. 

Henry Clay. Bust in plaster, by Clevenger. 

Daniel Webster. Bust in plaster, by Clevenger. 

Voltaire and Racine. Plaster busts, pi-esented by Hon. Benjamin 
F. Thomas. 

John Winthrop, Governor of Massachusetts. Small bust in wood. 

Rev. James Walker, D.D., President of Harvard University. Small 
bust iu plaster, by J. C. King. 



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Btiroii PiKTRO Ercole Visconti, of Rome, antiquary, &c. Small 
bust ill plaster. 
Motlalllou iu i)]aster, life size, of Gov. John Uavis. 

The ])ul)lications of the society, though not imirierous, are 
of interest and value to the archaeologist, the historian, and 
the man i)f letters. The more prominent of the publications 
are the six volumes of the " Archseologia Americana," the 
lirst of whi(;h was published in 1819, at the expense of Dr. 
Thomas, the last in 1875. 

Tlie volumes are devoted to archaeological or historical 
questions, or reprints of rare books and manuscripts. The 
hist two contain the History of Printing in America, by 
Isaiah Thomas, l>eing a reprint, with additions, corrections 
and notes, of the original edition of 1810. In tlie last vol- 
ume is a very full list of books printed in America previous 
to 1776, whicli was beguu by Dr. Thomas, and has been 
c(nitiiiued and extended by S. F. Haven, Jun., M.D., and by 
tlie b'hrarian. 

Since 1849, the proceedings of the society at its annual 
and semi-annual meetings, have been regularly printed ; in- 
cluding, besides the ordinary reports of the officers, papers 
of antiquarian or historical interest. Before that period 
these I'eports were published only occasionally. A list of 
the publications, with a general description of their contents, 
is given as a part of this paper. 

This brief account of the Antiquarian Society has been 
prepared under the direction of a committee appointed by 
the council, as a contribution to the International Exhibition 
to 1)0 held in Philadelphia during the year 1876, in com- 
meuioration of the one hundredth anniversary of the nation's 
independence. 

It gives, concisely, the facts in regard to the formation 
of the society, and a general account of its present condi- 
tion. The ])ibliographical statement, printed in connection 
with this paper, it is hoped will be of interest and value, 
not only to the members, but to all interested in the publi- 
cations of literary and educational institutions in the United 
States. 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 

Arch.kologia Americana. Transactions and Collections of 
the American Antiquarian Society. 

Volume I. 

1. List of Officers of the Society, elected October, 1819. 2. Origin 
and object of the Society, with the Act of Incorporation and By-Laws. 

3. Hennepin's Account of the discovery of the river Mississippi and the 
adjacent country by the Lakes ; also his account of La Salle's undertak- 
ing to discover the river Mississippi by way of the Gulf of Mexico. 4. 
Description of the Antiquities discovered in the State of Ohio and other 
Western States : By Caleb Atwater. 5. Conjectures respecting the An- 
cient inhabitants of North America : By Moses Fiske of Tennessee. 6. 
Antiquities and Curiosities of Western Pennsylvania : By Rev. Timothy 
Alden. 7. Sundry letters from Samuel L. Mitchell, LL.D., in regard to 
the Early inhabitants of America, &c. 8. Letters describing the Mam- 
moth Cave, and a Mummy found in another cave of Kentucky. 9. 
Brief account of the Caraibs, who inhabited the Antilles : By William 
Sheldon, Esq., of Jamaica. 10. Appendix, Avith an "Account of a great 
and very extraordinary cave in Indiana." pp. 486, plates 14. Worcester, 
Mass., Printed by William Manning, MDCCCXX. 

Volume II. 

1. Officers of the Society, 1S35-3G. 2. Memoir of Isaiali Thomas, 
LL.D., first president of the American Antiquarian Society: By Samuel 
M. Burnside, Esq. 2. A synopsis of the Indian Tribes of North America : 
By Albert Gallatin, LL.D. 3. Au historical account of the doings and 
sufterings of the Christian Indians of New England : By Daniel Gookiu. 

4. Description of a leaden plate or medal found near the mouth of the 
Muskingum, in the State of Ohio: By DeWitt Clinton, LL.D. 5. A 
description of the ruins of Copan in Central America : By Col. Juan 
Galindo. 6. Brief letter of Adam Clarke, D.D., LL.D.. of England, on 
American Archaaology. 7. Obituary notice of Christopher C. Baldwin, 
Escj., late Librarian : By John Davis, LL.D. 8. List of members of the 
Society, 1830. pp. xiv — 573; Cambridge, University Press, 1836. 

VOLU.ME III. 

1. Records of the Company of the Massachusetts Bay, to the Em- 
barkation of Winthrop and his associates for New England; with an in- 
troductory chapter on the origin of the Company : By Samuel F. Haven, 
A.M. 2. The diaries of John Hull, Mint Master and Treasurer of the 



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Colony of Massachusetts Bay, with a memoir by Samuel Jeimison, Esq., 
and comments on his system of short hand, and the coinage, by Rev. E. 
E. Hale. 3. Memoir of Thomas Lindall Winthrop, LL.D., second 
president of the Antiquarian Society : By Hon. George Folsom. Memoir 
of John Davis, LL.D., the fourth president: By Hon. Thomas Kinuicutt. 
4. Orticers and members of the Society, October 1856. pp. cxxxviii — 
378. Cambridge, BoUes & Houghton, 1850. Boston, John Wilson & 
Son, 1857. 



Volume IV. 

1. Officers of the Society, October 21, 1859. 2. Original documents 
from the State-Paper Office, London, and the British Museum; illustrat- 
ing the history of Sir Walter Raleigh's First American Colony, and the 
Colony at Jamestown, with an appendix containing a memoir of Sir 
Ralph Lane : Edited by Rev. E. E. Hale. 3. "A Discourse of Virginia," 
by Edward Maria Wingfield, the first President of the Colony : Edited, 
with notes and an introduction, by Charles Deaue, A.M. 4. New Eng- 
land's Rarities, Discovered by John Josselyn, Gent. : With an introduc- 
tion and notes by Edward Tuckerman, A.M. 5. Narrative of a Voyage 
to Spitzbergen in the year 1613, with a description of the Country, and 
the operations of the whale-fishery ; With an introduction and notes, 
by Samuel F. Haven, A.M. 6. Notice of Samuel Jennison, Esq., late 
Treasurer of the Antiquarian Society: By Hon. Stephen Salisbury, pp. 
viii— 355. Boston, John Wilson & Son, ISGO. 



VOI-UME V. 

1. Memoir of Isaiah Thomas : By Benjamin Franklin Thomas, LL.D. 
2. History of Printing in America, with a biography of printers and an 
account of newspapers, by Isaiah Thomas, LL.D., being a second edi- 
tion, with the author's corrections and additions. Appendix, with a 
Communication from Hon. John R. Bartlett on Printing in Mexico, 
pp. Ixxxvii — 423. Albany, Joel Munsell, 1874. • 



VOLUJfE VI. 

1. Conclusion of Thomas's History of Printing in America. The ap- 
pendix contains a list of magazines and newspapers published in the 
United States in the year 1810. 2. Catalogue of Publications in what is 
now the United States, prior to the Revolution of 1775-6. 3. Index to 
Vols. 1 and 2 of History of Printins;. pp. 660— 4'J. Albany, Joel 
Munsell, 1874. 

Volumes V and VI have also been published as "Thomas's History of 
Printing." These volumes were in charge of a committee consisting of 
Samuel F. Haven, Nathanel Paine, and Joel Munsell. 



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Proceedings and Minor Publications. 

The following list includes all the Proceedings of the 
Society tliat have been published to this time, as well as 
circulars and minor publications. 'They are in octavo form, 
with the exception of the By-Laws as published m 1831. 

Tn many cases, extra copies of such parts of the E-eports 
of the Council as treat upon special sultjects, have been 
reprinted in small editions of from fifty to one hundred, 
usually at the expense of the writer and for his special use. 
A list of these, witli the number printed, as far as can now 
be ascertained, is given after the list of Proceedings. 

1. An Account of the Society, prepared by Isaiah Thomas, with the 
Act of Incorporation, By-Laws, and list of officers and members, 
pp. 32. Boston: Printed by I. Thomas, Jr., November, 1813. 

2. An Address to tlie Members of the Society, at King's Chapel, 
Boston, on their first anniversar.y, October 23, 1813. By William 
Jenks, A.M., S.A.S. pp.28. Boston: I. Thomas, Jr., November, 
1813. 

3. Address of Abiel Holmes, D.D., at the second anniversary, October 
24, 1814. pp. 29. Also, one page with list of officers elected the 
same day. Boston: I. Thomas, Jr., November, 1814. 

4. Communication from the President, Isaiah Thomas, with a list of 
officers and members, and a list of articles presented to the society. 
pp. 27. Worcester: Printed by William Manning, 1815. 

5. By-Laws of the Society. Resolutions of Congress and of the 
General Court of Massachusetts, pp. 8. 1815. 

6. An Address to the members at King's Chapel, Boston, on their 
third anniversary, October 23, 1815. By William Paine, M.D. List 
of officers elected same day. pp. 27. Worcester : William Manning, 
1815. 

7. An Address to the members at King's Chapel, on their fourth anni- 
versary. By Rev. William Beutley. October 23, 1810. pp. 2G. Wor- 
cester : Printed for the Society, 1875. 

8. Address to the members by a Committee, through their Chairman, 
Oliver Fiske. Laws of the Society, list of officers, and catalogue of 
articles presented. Acts and Resolves of Congress and of several 
States relating to the Society, pp. 38. Worcester: Printed by 
AVilliam Manning, March, 1819. 

9. An Address at Worcester, .4ugust 24, 1820, at the opening of 
Anli(]narian Hall, that day received as a donation from the Presi- 
dent. By Is;iac Goodwin, pp.18. Worcester: Printed by Manning 
& Trumbull, Sept., 1820. 



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10. Brief Report at the annual meeting, October, 1821 : By Rejoice 
Newton and Samuel Jenuison. Circular in relation to publication 
of first volume of Transactions and Collections (Arclmeologia 
Americana), pp. 5. October, 1822. 

11. By-Laws of the Society. October, 1831. pp. 7, 16mo. 

12. An Address delivered in the Unitarian Meeting House, "Worcester, 
upon the character and services of Cliristopher C Baldwin, late 
librarian of the society : By William Lincoln, pp.10. Worcester: 
Henry J. Howland, 1835. 

13. Fifty-third Semi-Annual Report, May 29, 183i). pp. IG. Catalogues 
of officers and members. May, 183!). pp. 16. Abstract of Annual 
Report, October 23, 1839, with list of officers elected October 23, 
1839. pp. 4. Worcester: Printed by T. W. & J. Buttertleld, ^gis 
office, 1839. 

14. Circular Letter to Governors of the States, asking for State 
Documents for the library. 1838. 

15. Proceedings at the semi-annual Meeting, May 31, 1843. pp. 11. 
Worcester: Printed by Joseph B. Ripley, 1843. 

16. Proceedings at the thirty-first annual meeting, October 23, 1843, 
with an Address by Hon. John Davis, in commemoration of 
William Lincoln, pp. 16. Worcester : John Milton Earle's press, 
1843. 

17. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 23, 1849. Report of the 
Council: By S. F. Haven, Esq. Report of the Librarian. Memoir of 
Albert Gallatin : By Rev. E. E. Hale. pp. 32. Cambridge : Metcalf 
& Company, printers to the university, 1850. 

18. Proceedings in Boston, May 29, and in Worcester, October 23, 1850. 
pp. 18. Worcester : Printed by Henry J. Howland. 

19. Proceedings in Boston, April 30, 1851, containing in the Council's 
report, by Hon. John Davis, a brief retrospect of the past opera- 
tions of the society. Reports of Treasurer and Librarian. Pro- 
ceedings October 23, 1851, and April 28, 1852. In the last, the report 
of the Council, by S. F. Haven, Esq., relates to the contract and 
other preparations for the erection of a new library building, pp. 44. 
Worcester: Henry J. Howland, 1850. 

20. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 23, 1852. Report of 
the Council : By Hon. Emory Washburn. Reports of Librarian and 
Treasurer. Report of the Committee of Publication : On Increase 
A. Lapham's Memoir of Explorations and Surveys of the Aborigi- 
nal Antiquities of Wisconsin, transferred for printing to the 
Smithsonian Institution : By Sam'l F. Haven, Esq. pp. 34, 3 plates. 
Worcester : Henry J. Howland, 1852. 

21. Proceedings April 27 and October 24, 185;i Report of the Coun- 
cil : By llev. E. E. Hale. Reports of Treasurer and Librarian. 
(The first meeting in the new building), pp. 35. Worcester : Printed 
by Henry J. Howland, 1853. 



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22. Proceedings at semi-aunual meeting, April 2G, 1854:. lioport of 
tlie Couucil aud a" Memoir of Hou. Jolin Davis : By Hon. Tliomas 
Kinniciitt. Report of the Librarian, pp. 47. Boston : Printed by 
Jolm Wilson & Sou, 1854. 

23. Proceedings in Worcester, October 23, 1854. Report of the Council: 
By Hon. Stephen Salisbury, who was elected president at this 
meeting. Reports of Treasurer and Librarian, pp. 29. Boston: 
Joliu Wilson & Son, 1854. 

24. Proceedings in Boston, April 25, 1855. Report of the Council : By 
Ira M. Barton. Reports of Treasurer and Librarian, pp. 3G. Boston: 
John Wilson & Son, 1855. 

25. Proceedings in Worcester, October 22, 1855. Report of the Coun- 
cil : By Sam'l F. Haven, Esq., containing remarks upon the existing 
condition of American ArclisEology. Reports of Treasurer and 
Librarian. List of officers and members, pp. 54. Boston : John 
Wilson & Son, 1855. 

2G. Proceedings in Boston, April 30, 1856. Report of the Council: By 
Rev. E. E. Hale. And in Worcester October 21, 185fi. Report of 
the Council: By N. B. Shurtlefi", M.D. Reports of Treasurer and 
Librarian, pp. G7. Boston : John Wilson & Son, 185G. 

27. Proceedings at semi-annual meeting, April 29, 1857. Report of the 
Council: By Dwight Foster, Esq. Reports of the Treasurer and 
Librarian. Report of the Committee of Publication on the third 
volume of Archajologia Americana : By Samuel F. Haven, Esq. pp. 
3G. Boston : John Wilson & Son, 1857. 

28. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 21, 1857. Report of 
the Council : By Hon. Ira M. Barton, with remarks on the third 
volume of Archasologia Americana. Reports of the Treasurer and 
Librarian In the latter are remarks upon the JNIather Manuscripts. 
Report by Rev. Edward E. Hale, on behalf of Committee of Publi- 
cation; also, report of the Committee on a permanent Publication 
Fund. pp. 51. Boston : John Wilson & Son, 1857. 

29. Proceedings at the semi-annual meeting in Boston, April 28, 1858. 
Report of the Council : By Hon. Isaac Davis. Report of the Treas- 
urer. Report of the Librarian, with remarks upon libraries, pp. 32. 
Boston : John Wilson & Son, 1858. 

30. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 21, 1858. Report of 
the Council : By Samuel F. Haven, Esq. Reports of the Treasurer 
and Librarian. Also, Report of the Publishing Committee on the 
fourth volume of Transactions, pp. 38. Boston : John Wilson & Son, 
1858. 

31. Proceedings at a special meeting held in Worcester, February 10, 
1859, on the occasion of the death of William II. Prescott. Pre- 
sentation of a copy of Michael .Angelo's statue of Christ leaning on 
the Cross, by Hou. Stephen Salisbury, president of the society, pp. 
30. Boston : John Wilson & Son, 1859. 



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32. Pi-oceedings at the semi-annual meeting:, April 27, 1859. Report of 
the Council : By Hon. Stephen Salisbury. Reports of the Treasurer 
and Librarian, pp. 32. Boston : John Wilson & Son, 1859. 

33. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 21, 1859. Report of 
the Council : By Charles Folsom, Esq. Reports of the Treasurer 
and Librarian. Report of Publishing Committee, pp. 35. Boston : 
John Wilson & Son, 1859. 

34. Proceedings at the semi-annual meeting, April 25, 1860. Report of 
the Council : By President Salisbury, containing notice of Samuel 
Jennison, Esq., late treasurer of the society. Reports of the Treas- 
urer and Librarian. Report of the Publishing Committee : By Rev. 
E. E. Hale, Avith notices of a visit to the State Paper Office, in 
London, and Notes on drawings, by John White (the curious prints 
in De Bry's "America" were fi'om drawings by this artist), seen in 
the British Museum, pp. 47. Boston : John Wilson & Son, 1860. 

35. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 22, 1860. Report of 
the Council : By Hon. Dwight Foster. Reports of the Treasurer and 
Librarian. Report upon the American Coins and Tokens in the 
Cabinet of the Society: By Nathaniel Paine, Esq. Report of the 
Publishing Committee : By Charles Deane, Esq. pp. 50. Boston : 
John Wilson & Son, 1860. 

36. Proceedings at the semi-annual meeting, April 24, 1861. Report of 
the Council : By Hon. Stephen Salisbury, with remarks upon the 
monument erected at Worcester in commemoration of Col. 
Timothy Bigelow. Reports of the Treasurer and Librarian, pp. 42. 
Boston: Jolm Wilson & Sou, 1861. 

37. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 21, 1861. Report of 
the Council ; By Hon. Pliny Merrick. Reports of the Treasurer and 
Librarian. Essay on tlie time of making Michael Angelos statues 
of Christ and Moses : By Hon. Stephen Salisbury, pp. 62. Boston : 
John Wilson & Son, 1861. 

38. Proceedings at the serai-annual meeting, April 30, 1862. Report of 
the Council: By Hon. Ira M. Barton, with remarks on the Huguenot 
settlements in New England. Reports of the Treasurer and Libra- 
rian; the latter with Remarks on a Communication from Dr. James 
H. Salisbui'y, of Ohio, entitled, ' A Memoir upon Ancient Picto- 
graphic or Symbolic Rock and Earth-writing, in Licking and Fair- 
field Counties, Ohio; with accurate Surveys and Descriptions of the 
Ancient Earthworks of Newark.' Monograph on the name Cali- 
fornia : By Rev. Edward E. Hale. pp. 53. Boston : John Wilson & 
Son, 1862. 

39. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 21, 1862. Report of 
the Council : By Hon. Benj. F. Tlioinas, with notice of Isaiah Tiiomas, 
tlie founder of the society. Reports of Treasurer and Librarian, 
pp. 40. Boston : John Wilson & Son, 1862. 

40. Proceedings at the serai-annual meeting, April 29, 1803. Report of 
the Council: By the President. Reports of Treasurer and Lihi-arian. 

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A paper, by Prof. Daniel Wilson, of Toronto, on "Indications 
of Ancient Customs suggested by certain Cranial forms." pp. G3. 
Boston : John Wilson & Son, 1863. 

41. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 21, 1SC3. Report of 
the Council : By Hon. Stephen Salisbury. Reports of the Libra- 
rian and Treasurer. Address by Rev. Dr. Jenks, In conimemora- 
tion of the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the society. 
pp. 72. Boston : John Wilson & Son, 1863. 

42. Proceedings at the semi-annual meeting, April 7, 1864. Report of 
the Council : By Hon. Ira M. Barton, with remarks on the Huguenots 
in New P^nglaud. The Report of the Librarian, contains remarks 
upon the Swiss Lake Dwellings. Report of the Treasurer. A 
Paper, by Charles Polsom, Esq., on " a Latin Inscription lately 
found at Castine, Me." pp. 66. Boston : John Wilson & Son, 1864. 

43. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 21, 1864. Report of 
the Council : By George Livermore, Esq., with remarks on some of 
the publications of Isaiah Thomas. Report of the Librarian, 
with a historiaal sketch of eflbrts at difl'erent periods to delineate 
and decipher the inscriptions on the Digldon Bock* Report of the 
Treasurer. " Notes on Roanoke Island and James River :" By Rev. 
Yj E. Hale. Also, Remarks on Interesting Localities in Eastern 
Virginia: By Charles Deane, Esq. pp.80. Boston: John Wilson 
& Son, 1864. 

44. Proceedings at a special meeting, January 17, 1865, to take action 
in relation to the death of Edward Everett, pp. 29. Boston : J. E. 
Far well & Co., 1865. 

45. Proceedings at the semi-annual meeting, April 26, 1865, with re- 
marks of the President, and resolutions of the society, on the death 
of President Lincoln. Report of the Council : By Joseph Sargent, 
M.D., with remarks on the Medical Department of the U. S. Army 
during the Civil War. Reports of Treasurer and Librarian. In 
tlie latter are remarks on the Popham Festival and the Memorial 
Volume of the Maine Historical Society, pp. 67. Boston : John 
Wilson & Son, 1865. 

46. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 21, 1865, with remarks 
and resolutions on the death of George Livermore. Report of 
the Council : By Rev. E. E. Hale, with remarks on early notices in 
English literature of the discovery and first colonization of 
America. Reports of Treasurer and Librarian. In the latter are 
remarks on Mexican civilization, pp. 71. Cambridge: John AVil- 
son & Son, 1866. 

47. Proceedings at a special meeting, March 16, 1866, in reference to 
the death of Jared Sparks, and at the semi-annual meeting, April 
25,1866. Report of the Council: By Nathaniel Paine, Esq., with 
remarks on " The Early Paper Currency of Massachusetts." Reports 

* Two drawings of tlie DlKliton Rock, by Prof. Se:io;er, of the Naval Academy at New- 
port, R. I , were presented to tlie society by Commodore G. S. Blake, U. S. N. 



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of the Treasurer and Librarian. Report of a Committee on tlie 
List of Members, pp. 117. Cambridge: John Wilson & Son, 18GG. 

48. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 20, 18G6. Remarks of 
Hon. Levi Lincoln, Rev. Dr. George E. Ellis and others, on the Es- 
tablishment of a Museum and Professorship of Archaeology and 
Ethnology in connection with Harvard College, by George Peabody. 
Report of the Council: By ISTathauiel B. Shurtlefl', M.D. Reports 
of the Librarian and Treasurer. Remarks of Charles Deanc, Esq., 
on the Mappe-monde of Cabot, of the date 1544. Doings of a 
special meeting, November 15, 18G6, held to notice the death of 
Rev. William Jenks, D.D., senior vice-president of the society, 
pp. 48. Cambridge : John Wilson & Son, 1866. 

49. Proceedings at the semi-annual meeting, April 24, 1867. Report of 
the Council : By Rev. Alonzo Hill, D.D. Report of the Treasurer. 
Remarks of Rev. E. E. Hale, on a Letter from Mr. Bergenroth, 
ediior of the British Calendar of State Papers, relating to Eng- 
land and Spain. .Remarks of Charles Deane, Esq., on Sebastian 
Cabot's Mappe-monde. " Records of the Council for New Eng- 
land," Edited by Charles Deane, Esq. pp. 131. Cambridge : John 
Wilson & Sou, 1867. 

50. Circular in regard to the publications of the society, pp. 3. Wor- 
cester: 1867. 

51. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 21, 1867. Report of 
the Council: By Samuel F. Haven, Esq., with remarks on the 
Ancient Lake Dwellings of Switzerland. Reports of the Treasurer 
and Librarian. Remarks of Rev. Edward E. Hale, and a Letter 
from J. Hammond Trumbull, LL.D., on the name Massachusetts. 
pp.91. Worcester : Tyler & Seagrave, 1867. 

52. Proceedings at the semi-annual meeting, April 29, 1868. Report of 
the Council : By President Salisbury. Notice of Bishop Strachan : 
By Prof. Daniel Wilson, LL.D. Reports of the Librarian and Trea- 
surer. A catalogue of Indian Relics, prepared by William A. Smith, 
Esq., and Stephen Salisbury, Jr., Esq. Report of Hon. John R. 
Bartlett, on the Pre-Historic Man and his Associates. Letter from 
William Green, Esq., of Virginia, respecting the author of the 
"Relation of Captain Newport's Discoveries in Virginia;" com- 
municated by Charles Deane, Esq. pp. 82. Worcester : Tyler & 
Seagrave, 1868. 

53. Proceedings at a special meeting, June 2, 1868, to take notice of 
the death of Hon. Levi Lincoln, senior vice-president of the society. 
pp. 29. Worcester : Tyler & Seagrave, 1868. 

54. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 21, 1868. Report of 
the Council : By Charles Deane, Esq., with general remarks on recent 
Arclueological and Anthropological Discoveries, also on the History 
of European Discovery and Settlement of the Shores of the New 
World, and Contributions to Geographical History from the British 
Record Commission and Mr. Major of the British Museum, &c. The 
Report of the Librarian refers to the lost MSS. of Gookiu's History 



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of New Englaud, in connection with tlie discovery of a portion 
of tlie Records of tlie Loudon Society for Propagating the Gospel, 
vvliicli lias lately been found in New Jersey; and considers the pro- 
priety of a Commemorative Meeting at Cuttyhunk, where the first 
attempt at a settlement in Massachusetts was made. Report of the 
Treasurer, pp.62. Worcester : Tyler & Seagrave, 1869. 

55. List of Members elected from October, 1855, to October, 1868. 
pp.3. 

56. Proceedings at the serai-annual meeting, April 28, 1869. Report of 
the Council: By Rev. Dr. Seth Sweetser, with remarks on Pre-His- 
toric Man. Reports of the Librarian and Treasurer. A Paper on 
"Ancient Tumuli in Georgia:" By Charles C. Jones, Jr., Esq. 
Illustrated. pp. 79. Worcester: Printed by Charles Hamilton, 
Palladium Office, 1869. 

57. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 21, 1869. _ Tlie Report of 
the Council, by Hon. Emory Washburn, treats of the relation which 
the Antiquary holds to the Science of Archaeology. Reports of the 
Treasurer and Librarian. The latter contains an interesting letter 
from Baron Von Humboldt, pp. 53. Worcester : Charles Hamil- 
ton, 1869. 

58. Memorandum of Local Histories in the Libi-ary t>f the American 
Antiquarian Society, pp. 15. Worcester, 1869. 

59. Proceedings at the semi-annual meeting, April 27, 1870. The Report 
of the Council, by Hon. Henry Chapin, treats on the Townships of 
New England. Reports of the Treasurer and Librarian, pp. 52. 
Worcester: Charles Hamilton, 1870. 

60. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October '21, 1870. The Report of 
the Council, by Hon. Richard Frothingham, treats of Town Govern- 
ments in New England. Reports of the Treasurer and Librarian. 
In the latter Brasseur de Bourbourg is compared with Raflnesque, 
&c. pp.68. Worcester: Charles Hamilton, 1870. 

61. Proceedings at the semi-annual meeting, April 26, 1871. The 
Report of the Council, by S. F. Haven, Esq., treats of Pre-Historic 
American Occupation and Civilization. Reports of the Treasurer 
and Librarian, pp. 55. Worcester: Chas. Hamilton, 1871. 

62. Proceedngs at the annual meeting, October 21, 1871. A Letter 
from Prof. E. E. Salisbury, in regard to the Original Edition of 
" The Spectator." The Report of the Council : By Rev. Edward E. 
Hale — with remarks upon the History of Discovery in the Pacific 
Ocean. Reports of the Librarian and Treasurer. The former treats 
upon the value of Magazine Literature, pp.66. Woi'cester: Chas. 
Hamilton, 1871. 

63. Proceedings at the semi-annual meeting, April 23, 1872 — with 
remarks of Rev. Geo. E. Ellis on Town Debts. The Report of the 
Council : By Col. Jolin D. Washburn — with remarks on the History 
of Discovery in the Pacific Ocean and its American Shores. Reports 
of the Treasurer and Librarian. The latter treats of the importance 



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of preserving the Minor Materials of History. Paper, on the Like- 
lihood of an Admixture of Japanese Blood on onr North-west Coast : 
By Horace Davis, Esq., of California. Cosmogony of Dante and 
Columbus : By Rev. E. E. Hale. pp. 85. Worcester : Charles 
Hamilton, 1872. 

64. Proceedings at the anmial meeting, October 21, 1872. Report of 
the Council: By Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, M.D. Reports of the 
Treasui'er and Librarian. The Star Spangled Banner and National 
Songs : By Hon. Stephen Salisbury, pp. 53. Worcester : Charles 
Hamilton, 1873. 

65. Proceedings at the semi-annual meeting, April 30, 1873. Report of 
the Council : By Nathaniel Paine, Esq., — with a Brief Notice of the 
Library of the Society. The Librarian's Report, contains remarks 
upon Pre-Historic Implements. Report of the Treasurer, pp. 92. 
Worcester: Charles Hamilton, 1873. 

60. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 21, 1873. Report of 
the Council : By J. Hammond Trumbull, LL.D.,— with remarks on the 
Origin and Early Progress of Indian Missions in New England, and 
a list of books in the Indian language, printed at Cambridge and 
Boston. Reports of the Librarian and Treasurer. Early Maps in 
Munich : By Rev. E. E. Hale— with note on Robert Dudley, Duke of 
No;-thumberland, and his Arcano Del Mare. Remarks of Prof E. C. 
Smyth, on some of the Connections, by marriage, of Columbus. 
Memorandum as to the Discovery of the Bay of S"an Francisco : By 
John T. Doyle — with introductory remarks by Col. John D. Wash- 
burn. Memorial of Governor Endecott : By Hon. Stephen Salisbury, 
pp. 154. Worcester: Charles Hamilton, 1874. 

67. List of Publications of the Society, pp. 2. 1874. 

68. Proceedings at a special meeting, March 14, 1874, with resolutions 
upon the death of Charles Sumner. Proceedings of the semi-annual 
meeting, April 29, 1874. Report of the Council : By Joseph Sargent, 
M.D., — with remarks on a Medical Manuscript, by Cotton Mather, 
Reports of Librarian and Treasurer— with remarks in the former 
upon the Mather Manuscripts owned bj the Society. "The Great 
Awakening:" By Isaac Smucker, Esq., of Newark, Ohio. pp. 67. 
Worcester : Charles Hamilton, 1874. 

69. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 21, 1874. Report of 
the Council : By Hon. Benjamin F. Thomas— with remarks upon the 
Legal and Political Issues of the Rebellion. Reports of the Treas- 
urer and Librarian. pp.50. Worcester: Charles Hamilton, 1875. 

70. Proceedings at the semi-anuual meeting, April 28, 1875. Report of 
the Council : By Hon. Stephen Salisbury— with remarks on the Dis- 
coveries of Dr. Heinrich Schliemann in the Troad. Reports of 
the Librarian and Treasurer, pp.89. Worcester: Charles Hamil- 
ton, 1875. 

71. Proceedings at the annual meeting, October 21, 1875. Report of 
the Council: By Samuel A. Green, M.D. Reports of the Treasurer 



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and Librarian. Remarks of Charles Deane, LL.D., on the Becoias 
of the Council for New England. The Criminal Laws of Massa- 
chusetts : By Hon. P. Emory Aldrich. pp. 78. Worcester: Charles 
Hamilton, 1876. 

72. An Account of the American Antiquarian Society, with a list of its 
publications and of its officers and members. Prepared for the 
United States International Exhibition of 1876. By Nathl. Paine, 
Esq. pp.28. [500 copies printed for the International Exhibition, 
and 200 for the Society.] Worcester: Charles Hamilton, 1876. 

73. List of Publications of the American Antiquarian Society, pp. 15. 
Worcester, 1876. 

74. List of Officers and Members of the American Antiquarian Society, 
January 1, 1876. pp. 7. Worcester, 1876. 

A catalogue of books in the Library of the Society (pp. 571) was printed 
for the Society, by Henry J. Howland, in 1837. 

Reprints from the Publications of the Society. 

Notice of the Life and Character of Hon. John Davis : By Hon. Thomas 
Kinuicutt. pp. 26. Boston, 1854. 

Catalogue of the Officers and Members of the American Antiquarian 
Society, pp 20. Boston : Printed by John Wilson & Sou, 1855. 

"A Discourse of Virginia," by Edward Maria Wingfleld, First Presi- 
dent of the Colony; now first printed from the original manuscript, 
in the Lambeth Library : Edited, with Notes and Introduction, by 
Charles Deane, member of the American Antiquarian Society and 
the Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston : Privately printed, 
1860. pp. 45. [100 copies.] 

Remarks and Resolutions commemorative of the Hon. Joslah Quincy, 
LL.D, by the American Antiquarian Society, at their first meeting 
after his death : By George Livermore. pp. 16. Worcester, 1860. 

Remarks on a Latin Inscription lately found at Castine, in the State of 
Maine. From the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society 
for April, 1864: By Charles Folsom. [A few copies only.] 

Remarks on the Early Paper Currency of Massachusetts : By Nathaniel 
Paine, pp. 66. [50 copies.] Cambridge, 1866. 

Record of the Council for New England. Edited by Charles Deane. 
pp. 83. Cambridge, 1867. 

Remarks on Sebastian Cabot's Mappe-Monde : By Charles Deane. Re- 
printed from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. 

Remarks ®n the Popham Festival and the Memorial Volume of the 
Maine Historical Society : By S. F. Haven. 1865. pp. 32. 100 copies, 
for April, 1867. Cambridge : Press of John Wilson & Son, 1867. 
pp. 8. [50 copies.] 

A Report on Pre-Historic Man and his Associates : By John R. Barllett. 
pp. 31. [50 copies.] Worcester, 1868. 



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A Catalogue of Indian Relics : By W. A. Smith and Stephen Salisbury, 

jr. pp. 6. Worcester, 1808. 
Ancient Tumuli in Georgia : By Chas. C. Jones, Jr. pp. 29. Worcester, 

1869. 
A Record of Japanese Vessels driven upon the North-west Coast of 

America and its Outlying Islands : By Horace Davis, pp. 22. 

Worcester, IS^'S. 
A Brief Notice of the Library and Cabinet of the American Antiquarian 

Society: By Nathaniel Paine, pp. 59. [50 copies.] Worcester, 

1873. 

An Essay on the Star Spangled Banner and National Songs : By Stephen 

Salisbury, pp. 24. [100 copies.] Worcester, 1873. 
Early Maps of America, and a Note on Robert Dudley and the Arcano 

Del Mare : By Edward E. Hale. pp. 16. Worcest(?r, 1874. 
The Mathers and the Witchcraft Delusions : By S. F. Haven. 1874. 

pp. 14. [50 copies.] 
Memoir of Isaiah Thomas : By his Grandson, Benjamin Franklin 

Thomas, pp. 73. Boston, 1874. 
A Memorial of Governor John Endecott : By Stephen Salisbury, pp. 44. 

[100 copies.] Worcester, 1874. 
Origin and Early Progress of Indian Missions in New England, with a 

List of Books in the Indian Language, printed at Cambridge and 

Boston, 1653 — 1721 : By J. Hammond Trumbull, pp. 50. Worcester, 

1874. 
Troy and Homer. Remarks on the Discoveries of Dr. Heiurich Schlie- 

manu in the Troad : By Stephen Salisbury, pp. 50. [200 copies.] 

Worcester, 1875. 
Ante-Revolutionary Publications. Catalogue of Publications in what is 

now the United States, prior to the Revolution of 1775-6. pp. 

358. [100 copies.] 1875. 
Report of the Council, made October 21, 1875, by Samuel A. Green, 

M.D. pp. 19. [150 copies.] Worcester, 1876. 
Records of the Council for New England; some newly discovered por- 
tions of the records, with remarks on the adverse fortunes of the 

Council: By Charles Deane. pp. 16. October, 1875. [A few 

copies.] Worcester, 1875. 
The Criminal Laws of Massachusetts. Substance of the Remarks of 

Judge Aldrich. From the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian 

Society, at the Annual meeting, October, 21, 1875. pp. 16. [100 

copies.] Worcester: Charles Hamilton, 1876. 
An Accouut of the American Antiquarian Society, with a List of its 

Publications : By Nathaniel Paine, pp.26. [50 copies.] Worcester, 

1876. 

Publications of the American Antiquarian Society : By Nathaniel 
Paine, pp. 15. [30 copies.] Worcester, 1876. 



OFFICEES ELECTED OCTOBER, 1875. 



President : 
Hon. Stephen Salisbury, LL.D., of Worcester. 

Vice-Presidents : 

Hon. Benj. F. Thomas, LL.D., of Boston. 
James Lenox, Esq., of New York. 

Council : 

Hon. Isaac Davis, LL.D., of Worcester. 

Samuel F. Haven, Esq., of Worcester. 

Rev. Edward E. Hale, of Boston. 

Joseph Sargent, M.D., of Worcester. 

Charles Deane, LL.D., of Cambridge. 

Re\\ Seth Sweetser, D.D., of Worcester. 

Hon. Richard Frothingham, LL.D., of Charlestown. 

Hon. Henry Chapin, LL.D., of Worcester. 

Samuel A. Green, M.D., of Boston. 

Stephen Salisbury, Jr., Esq., of Worcester. 

Secretary of Foreign Correspondence : 
Hon. J. Hammond Trumbull, LL.D., of Hartford. 

Secretary of Domestic Correspondence : 
Hon. Emory Washburn, LL.D., of Cambridge. 

Becording Secretary: 
Col. John D. Washburn, of Worcester. 

Treasurer : 
Nathaniel Paine, Esq., of Worcester. 

Committee of Publication : 

Samuel F. Haven, Esq., of Worcester. 

Rev. E. E. Hale, of Boston. 

Charles Deane, LL.D., of Cambridge. 

Auditors : 

Hon. Isaac Davis, LL.D., of Worcester. 
Hon. Ebenezer Torrey. of Fitchburg. 



Librarian : Samuel F. Haven, Esq. 
Assistant Librarian : Edmund M. Barton. 



MEMBERS. 

January, 1876. 



Rev. Andrew Bigelow, D.D., 
Hon. Emory Washburn, LL.D., 
Hon. George Bancroft, LL.D., 
Samuel F. Haven, A.M., 
Hon. Robert C.Wintiirop, LL.D., 
Hon. Stephen Salisbury, LL.D., 
Hon. Benj. F. Thomas, LL.D., 
Hon. Isaac Davis, LL.D., 
Hon. Peleg W. Chandler, 
Hon. Charles Hudson, 
Rev. Leonard Woods, D.D., 
Rev. William B. Sprague, D.D., 
Rev. George E. Ellis, D.D., 
Rev. Edward E. Hale, 
Hon. John C. B. Davis, 
Charles Deane, LL.D., 
Joseph Henry, LL.D., 
Hon. Geo. P. Marsh, LL.D., 
Benj. F. French, Esq., 
William Lawton, Esq., 
Hon. Henry Chapin, LL.D., 
Hon. Dwight Foster, LL.D., 
Hon. Geo. F. Hoar, LL.D., 
Rev. Seth Sweetser, D.D., 
Ellis Ames, Esq., 
Wm. S. Barton, Esq., 
Prof. James D. Butler, 
Edward Jar vis, M.D., 
J^vmes Lenox, Esq., 
Joel Munsell, Esq., 
J. Wingate Thornton, Esq., 
Hon. Alex. H. Bullock, LL.D., 
J. Hammond Trumbull, LL.D., 
Edward Tuckerman, LL.D., 
Evert A. Duyckinck, Esq., 
Hon. Maturin L. Fisher, 
William A. Whitehead, Esq , 
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BESIDENCE. 

Boston, Mass., 
Canibridire, Mass., 
New York, N. Y., 
Woi'ci'Ster, Mass., 
Boston, Mass., 
Worcester, Mass., 
Boston, Mass., 
Worcester, Mass., 
Boston, " 

Lexington, " 
Brunswick, Me., 
Flatbush, N. Y., 
Charlestown, Mass., 
Boston, Mass., 
New York, 
Cambridge, Mass., 
Washington, D. C, 
Burlington, Vt., 
New York, 
New Rochelle, N. Y., 
Worcester, Mass., 
Boston, " 

Worcester, " 
Worcester, " 
Canton, " 

Worcestei'. " 
Madison, Wis., 
Dorchester, Mass., 
New York City, 
Albany, N. Y., 
Boston, Mass., 
Worcester, Mass., 
Hartford, Conn., 
Amherst, Mass., 
New York, 
Farmersvillo, Iowa, 
Newark, N. J., 



ELECTED. 


August, 


1820. 


October, 


1827. 


a 


1838. 


" 


1838. 


" 


1838. 


t( 


1840. 


a 


1840. 


May, 


1841. 


" 


1843. 


" 


1844. 


October, 


1844. 


May, 


1846. 


" 


1847. 


October, 


1847. 


April, 


1851. 


October, 


1851-. 


" 


1851. 


(( 


1851. 


April, 


. 1852. 


October, 


1852. 


April, 


1853. 


October, 


1853. 


April, 


1853. 


October. 


, 1853. 


April, 


1854. 


n 


1854. 


l( 


1854. 


" 


1854. 


(( 


1854. 


<( 


1854. 


April, 


1855. 


C( 


1855. 


(( 


1855. 


<; 


1855. 


October, 


, 1855. 


" 


1855. 


(( 


1855. 



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Hon. John R. Baimlett, 
Hon. George T. Bigelow, LL.D. 
Hon. John G. Palfuey, LL.D.,' 
Hon. Ebenezer Touuey, 
Hon. John L. Motley, LL.D., 
Kev. a. r. Peabody, D.D., 
BuANTZ Mayer, Esq., 
George ('handler, M.D., 
Key. Chandler Kobbins, D.D., 
Thomas C. Amory, Esq., 
Edwin H. Davis, M.D., 
Hon. Rich. Frothingham, LL.D., 
Rev. William Barry, 
Hon. Peter C. Bacon, LL.D., 
Hon. Horace Gray, LL.D., 
Rev. Sidney H. Marsh, 
J. S. Newberry, M.D., 
Nathaniel Paine, P^sq , 
Joseph Sargent, M.D., 
Porter C. Bliss, Esq., 
Hon. Solomon Lincoln, 
Prof. Edw. E. Salisbury, LL.D., 
Hon. William C. Endicott, 
James H. Salisbury, M.D., 
Prof. Pliny E. Chase, 
Charles B. Salisbury, Esq., 
Stephen Salisbury, Jr., Esq., 
Rev. Martin B. Anderson, D.D., 
Alexander S. Taylor, 
AsHBEL Woodward, M.D., 
Rev. Calvin E. Stowe, D.D., 
Ebknezer Aldkn, M.D., 
Hon. p. Emory Aldrich, 
Samuel A. Green, M.D., 
Rev. Elias Nason, 
Hon. Lewis H. Mt)RGAN, 
Francis Parkman, Esq., 
Hon. E. B. Stoddard, 
RuFus Woodward, M.D., 
James Butlkr Campbell, Esq., 
Nathaniel Thayer, Esq., 
John G. Metcalf, M.D., 
Ri'.v. George S. Paine, 
Hon. Edward L. Davis, 
Horatio Gates Jones, Esq., 
William A. Smith, Esq., 
Prof. Wm. D. Whitney, LL.D., 
Hon. Charles H. Bell, 
Hon. J. C. Brevoort, 



Providence, R. I., 


April, 


18.-)6. 


Bostou, Mass., 


" 


1856. 


Cambridge, " 


i( 


1856. 


Fitchburg, " 


(( 


1856. 


Boston, " 


October 


1856. 


Cambridge, " 


" 


1856. 


Baltimore, Md., 


April 


1857. 


AVoroester, Mass., 


October 


1857. 


Boston, Mass., 


.( 


1857. 


(( 11 


April, 


1858. 


New York, N. Y., 


11 


1858. 


Charlestown, Mass., 


October, 


1858. 


Ciucago, 111., 


April, 


1859. 


AVorcester, Mass., 


October 


1860. 


Boston, " 


11 


18G0. 


Oregon, 


" 


1860. 


New York City, 


11 


1860. 


Worcester, Mass., 


(1 


I860. 


i( (( 


It 


1860. 


New Haven, Conn., 


April, 


1861. 


Hingham, Mass., 


October 


1861. 


New Haven, Conn., 


" 


1861 


Salem, Mass., 


" 


1862. 


Cleveland, 0., 


It 


1862. 


Philadelphia, Pa., 


11 


1863. 


Little York, N. Y., 


October 


1863. 


Worcester, Mass., 


" 


186;^. 


Rochester, N. Y., 


April, 


1864. 


Santa Barbara, Cal., 


" 


1864. 


Franklin, Conn., 


October 


1864. 


Hartford, " 


April, 


1865. 


Randolph, Mass., 


October 


1865. 


Worcester, " 


11 


1865. 


Boston, " 


" 


1865. 


Billerica, " 


(1 


1865. 


Rochester, N. Y.', 


<i 


1865. 


Boston, Mass., 


<i 


1865. 


Worcester, Mass., 


(I 


1865. 


" 


(1 


1865. 


(;harleston, S. C, 


April 


1866. 


Boston, Mass., 


" 


1866. 


Mendon, Mass., 


<i 


1867. 


AVorcester, Mass., 


<( 


1867. 


U (( 


October, 


1867. 


Philadel|)hia, I'a., 


" 


1867. 


AA'orcester, Mass., 


" 


1867. 


New Haven, Conn., 


April, 


1868. 


Exeter, N. H., 


October, 


1868. 


Brooklyn, N. Y., 


11 


1868. 



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Eev. Henky M. Dexter, D.D., 
Charles C. Jones, Esq., 
Hon. D. Waldo Lincoln, 
John E. Mason, M.D., 
Rev. Edwin M. Stone, 
Hon. John D. Baldwin, 
Hon. F. H. Dewey, LL.D., 
James F. Hunnewell, Esq., 
Prof. Egbert E. Smythe, 
Col. Charles Whittlesey, 
Daniel G. Brinton, M.D., 
KomoRT Clarke, Esq., 
Isaac Smucker, Esq., 
Col. John D. Washburn, 
Rev. Robert C. Waterston, 
Henry Wheatland, M.D., 
Geo. W. Childs, Esq., 
Horace Davis, Esq., 
Benson J. Lossing, LL.D., 
Dr. F. V. Hayden, 
Com. George H. Preble, 
Col. T. W. Higginson, 
B. Perley Poore, Esq., 
Hubert Howe Bancroft, 
Rev. Edward H. Hall, 
Col. Albert H. Hoyt, 
Rev. Wm. R. Huntington, D.D., 
Edmund Quincy, Esq., 



Boston, Mass., 


April, 


ISC)'.). 


New York City, 


" 


1869. 


Worcester, Mass., 


(( 


18G9. 


Washington, D. C, 


i( 


1809. 


Providence, R. I., 


li 


I8(i9. 


Worcester, Mass., 


October, 


, 18G9. 


Worcester, '* 


<( 


1869. 


Charlestovvu, Mass., 


" 


1809. 


Andover, Mass., 


April, 


, 1870. 


Cleveland, 0., 


" 


1870. 


Philadelphia, Pa., 


October, 


, 1870. 


Cincinnati, 0., 


April, 


1871. 


Newark, Ohio, 


" 


1871. 


Worcester, Mass., 


" 


1871. 


Boston, " 


«' 


1871. 


Salem, " 


" 


1871. 


Philadelphia, Pa., 


(( 


1872. 


San Francisco, Cal., 


(1 


1872. 


Dover Plains, N. Y., 


October, 


, 1872. 


Washington, D. C, 


(i 


1873. 


U. S. N., 


(1 


1873. 


Newport, R. I., 


(( 


1874. 


Newbury, Mass., 


" 


1874. 


San Francisco, Cal., 


April, 


1875. 


Worcester, Mass., 


" 


1875. 


Boston, " 


(« 


1875. 


Worcester, " 


October, 


1875. 


Dedham, Mass., 


" 


1875. 



L. A. H. Latour, Esq., Montreal, 

Prof. Daniel Wilson, LL.D., Toronto, 



April, 1861. 
" 1861. 



FOREIGN MEMBERS 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



NAME. KESIDENCE. 

His Grace the Duke of Argyll, 
The Right Hon. the Lord Houghton, 
Dr. T. G. Geoghegan, l)iil)lin, 

W. Noel Sainsbury, Esq., London, 

Henry Stevens, Esq., " 



ELECTED. 

October, 1869. 
April, 1870. 
" 1863. 
October, 1867. 
April, 1854. 



south AMERICA. 

Don Pedro II., Emperor of Brazil, 



April, 1858. 



LIBRftRY OF CONGRESS 



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SANDWICH ISLANDS. 

Rev. Samuel C. Damon, D.D., 

MEXICO. 

Don Jose Fernando Eamiuez, Mexico, 

GERMANY. 

Prof. Otto Keller, Freiburg, 

ITALY. 

Sr. Pietro Ercole Visconti, Rome, 

PRUSSIA. 

JonANN Carl Edward Buschman, Berlin, 
Theodor Mommsen, " 

switzerland. 
Prof. Edward Dfsor, Neufchatel, 



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October, 1869. 
April, 18G2. 
April, 1875. 
April, 1865. 

October, 1870. 
1870. 

October, 1871. 



